Timeline Chronology: XIII century BCE
Ancient History
1300-1000 BCE
- Farmers and pastoralists spread through the Ganges Basin in northern India
1300 BCE
- Hittite king Suppiluliumas I (r. 1380–1334 BCE) briefly conquers Syria, rivaling Egypt in size
- City of Ashur breaks free from Mitannian rule; rise of Assyrian power
- Urnfield culture emerges in middle Danube region
1279 BCE
- Start of reign of Ramesses II in Egypt (to 1213 BCE)
1274 BCE
- Egyptians and Hittites fight at the Battle of Qadesh